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The EU states that companies should agree to use the same connector, it does not state which one it should be. If the major companies convene and decide on USB-D in the future they can do that and let the EU know.
Case in point: all companies collectively decided that USB-C was better than Micro USB and moved over. They did not 'delay' anything, it was the process working as intended.
I hope that you're correct however.
Even while Apple could have innovated, did they? I'd say that their insistence on Lightning has been a massive drain on society and purely rent-seeking behaviour.
Startups and large companies can still innovate, they just can't screw over their customers while doing so. Seems like a pretty good deal for all sides to me.
Show me a standard with this many features without these problems.
> But hey, you can basically charge over the same connector.
Yes, I can charge all my devices with one cable. Isn't that amazing?
> Which was however already possible because all phones support the same wireless charging standard.
Weird, doesn't work with my current phone. I guess it's not a phone then?
Oh and of course lightning cable is the spawn of evil and glorious USB-C can do no wrong and any concrete criticism is hand waved away. Really shows you know what you’re talking about.
You know that USB-C isn't just charging, but also data transfer, right? I'd be up for this if wireless charging also supported USB-C speed data transfer. Since it doesn't I'm not interested.
> Oh and of course lightning cable is the spawn of evil and glorious USB-C can do no wrong and any concrete criticism is hand waved away. Really shows you know what you’re talking about.
I dislike non-standards, and I like standards. Why are you trying to paint my criticisms as so incredibly emotionally laden, when they are simply based on technical disadvantages? Is it so hard for you to accept that, for most people, this is a very good step?
You like bad products as long as they’re standards. Anything that is wrong with the bad product is handwaved away as just too hard. The true sign of the connoisseur. I suppose you’re also one of those people crying about the dear loss of their precious headphone jack.
Yes, and it's not as fast as cable-based data transfers, and it is not part of wireless charging technology. Do you even read 10% of what I write? Or do you just scan my comments far enough to find something you can dunk on? That's what all your comments seem to be, but I'd like to assume you're capable of more.
If you want, you can try again without throwing all those assumptions at me. But given what and how you're writing, I'm done here.
And how the heck will the industry innovate if one or two companies can not shift to a new connector and prove it?
Why don't you just look up the law yourself if you don't believe me? This has been discussed to death.
> And how the heck will the industry innovate if one or two companies can not shift to a new connector and prove it?
How did the switch from Micro-USB to USB-C happen? Simple, the industry standardized on it. You can add as many connectors as you want, as long as you have the standard connector as well.